Health plan revealed for Pumicestone Passage

Queensland Water Minister Mark McArdle says a plan to improve the health of Pumicestone Passage on the state's Sunshine Coast will be developed in consultation with the local community.

The State Government will spend $450,000 to boost the quality of the coastal waterway.

Mr McArdle says the health of passage has been depleted by sediment run-off from nearby construction and toxins from industrial areas.

He says there are several elements to the plan.

"One is a wetland rehabilitation plan," he said.

"The second one is to do with the Department of Agriculture and that is for $300,000 and that is on-farm stormwater management practices for turf farmers, strawberry and pineapple growers, so that what we don't have is run-off into the passage of what could be a pollutant or what could be a dangerous product."